Feb 5, 2016
Chris Leong moves all in, and Rafael Yaraliyev calls all in for 10,100,000 with . Leong turns over , and Yaraliyev needs his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board comes , and Chris Leong wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a pair of aces.
Rafael Yaraliyev finishes as the runner-up, earning $487,288.
Chris Leong wins the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open, earning $816,246, which includes his entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Leong also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, a Borgata trophy, and his name will be enscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, alongside every other WPT champion from all 14 seasons.
Congratulations to Chris Leong!
1st: Chris Leong – $816,246
2nd: Rafael Yaraliyev – $487,288
3rd: Liam He – $297,995
4th: Joe McKeehen – $249,267
5th: Yevgeniy Timoshenko – $206,160
6th: Matthew Wantman – $166,803